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package backtype.storm.windowing;
/**
* Triggers the window calculations based on the policy.
*
* @param <T> the type of the event that is tracked
*/
public interface TriggerPolicy<T> {
/**
* Tracks the event and could use this to invoke the trigger.
*
* @param event the input event
*/
void track(Event<T> event);
/**
* resets the trigger policy
*/
void reset();
/**
* Starts the trigger policy. This can be used
* during recovery to start the triggers after
* recovery is complete.
*/
void start();
/**
* Any clean up could be handled here.
*/
void shutdown();
}